Age of Exploration

A

1

The movement of cultures and goods between Europe and the Americas

Columbian Exchange

2

to sail completely around the world

Circumnavigate

3

an organized journey

Expedition

4

conquered the Aztecs with fellow conquistadors

Hernan Cortés

5

opened a school to teach navigating and map making

Prince Henry

6

A person who buy and sell goods

Merchant

B

1

Christopher Columbus called the Native American people ___________ upon meeting them

Indians

2

The effects to the Columbus Exchange were ____________.

positive and negative

3

This instrument helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator.

The astrolabe

4

This instrument helped European sailors know which direction they were going.

The magnetic compass

5

Prince Henry started a Portuguese navigation school around this year.

1419

6

An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people

Epidemic

C

1

They agreed to fund Columbus’ voyage

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

2

The reason Columbus' voyage was funded was because

the king and Queen of Spain wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity in Asia.

3

In his attempt to reach Asia, Columbus sailed

West

4

The name of the general area where Columbus landed was named

 the West Indies

5

The main goal of __________ was that he wanted to conquer the Aztecs.

Hernan Cortés

6

A settlement or area far from the country that rules it

Colony

D

1

The item from the Columbian Exchange that MOST helped the Native Americans was

horses

2

The overall effect of the Columbian Exchange on most of the native people of North America was that

it was harmful to them

3

Mapmakers helped European sailors improve their navigation by making

more accurate maps

4

The advantage Portugal had for exploring the oceans and distant lands was

its location on the western coast of Europe

5

This ship differed from earlier ships because it was smaller, lighter, and could be more easily controlled.

The caravel

6

The buying and selling of humans as property

Slave trade

E

1

This man's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth.

Ferdinand Magellan

2

This navigator traveled north into Florida from Puerto Rico because he heard stories about a magical water spring that could turn old people young.

Ponce de Leon

3

What Magellan and Columbus both had in common

Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus both traveled west in search of Asia.

4

In the encounter between the Spanish and Native Americans, the Native Americans had three things happen

They 1. lost their land, 

2. were forced to work as slaves, and 

3. were killed by war or disease.

5

Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause

Patron

6

Spanish soldier or conqueror

Conquistador

F

1

A process to plan a course and find a distant location

Navigation

2

This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around the tip of Africa and reach India

Vasco de Gama

3

The Spanish took ___________, the Aztec leader, prisoner

Moctezuma

4

This viking explorer was the first European to reach North America.

Leif Ericsson

5

The effect the Columbian Exchange had on Africans

They were enslaved and forced to work in mines and farms.

6

A cheap, easy-to-grow crop that the Spanish brought back with them from the Western Hemisphere.

Potatoes